The Five Boroughs

New York City is made up of five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Each one has enough attractions—and enough personality—to be a city all its own. Learn more about them with this guide.

Three of Cups Lounge

Manhattan – East Village

Three of Cups Lounge

83 First Ave at 5th St

Manhattan, NY 10003

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Named for an Italian tarot card that represents abundance, this dim basement dive has survived the fickle New York nightlife scene for more than a decade. The lounge, overrun with peeling band stickers and tended to by inked, whiskey-dispensing barkeeps, is frequented by scruffy musicians and the tee-clad hangers-on that love them. Swing by on Mondays for karaoke, or on other nights for deejayed rock, soul and funk.